The Hollies

Hard, Hard Year

(L. Ransford = Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks & Graham Nash)

Track 2 on album 'Would You Believe' June 1966



{acoustic guitar intro}



Bad times, something's wrong

Money's gone, I'm on my own

Can't stay, there's nothing here

It's been a hard, hard year.



First month, snows came

Put me in bed, couldn't work the same

Job's gone, bills are here

Been a hard, hard year.



I look on the bad side of life

I lose heart then I want to die

So I've got to get back on my feet

And prove to myself I'm a man.



{fuzz guitar interlude by Tony Hicks}



I hope that the bad times are gone

It's been work, but I think that I've won

Now I'm happy

And I'll never be that way again

No, I'll never be that way again.



Snow's gone, spring's here

Won't happen twice, I've seen my way clear

Everyone's paid, got no one to fear

Been a hard, hard year.

Been a hard, hard year.